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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

job jar

Do you have sassy children? I do. I have the ones that like to talk back. Well, I got tired of it one day and invented our family job jar.

It's simple really. If I feel like someone is being particularly sassy, rude or disrespectful, they get to draw a slip out of the job jar. This job is done immediately unless it is the go to bed early job which no one likes. I included some things that just aren't very enjoyable like cleaning up other people's spaces. I included chores that I try to do every couple of months and some that get done more often. Here are the jobs that are presently in our jar.

-Clean siblings bathroom.
This includes the toilet, sink, countertops and emptying the trash.

-Vacuum the living room,
kitchen rug and cubby room rug.

-Dust the living room,
dining room, entryway, and piano room.

-Dust your room and your
sibling’s room.

-Sweep (with a broom) all
of the tile in the hallways, entryway, kitchen and cubby room.

-Clean mom’s bathroom.
This includes the toilet, sink, countertop and emptying the trash.

-Clean dad’s bathroom.
This includes the toilet, sink, countertop and emptying the trash.

-Dust your parent’s
bedroom.

-Go to bed 15 minutes
early.

-Clean the refrigerator.
This includes taking all of the food out and wiping the glass and plastic down.

-

Wipe down all of the
baseboards with a wet paper towel.

-Vacuum the green couch,
green chairs, and yellow couch in the piano room.

-Wipe all of the window
sills down the a wet paper towel.

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Clean out under your bed
or your closet. Mom picks.

What you will need:a jarpaperscissorsscrapbook paper: optionalOpen a word document or get out a piece of paper. Type or write down the jobs. Cut into strips. Then make a cute little lable for your jar. I think it makes it look happier for the doom and gloom that awaits inside. Put your label on your jar, insert your jobs. And there you have it. Next time a kid is sassy you have an easy way to handle it. One of my children has done lots of these jobs where the other two haven't done quiet as many...